Welcome to this week's Week in Review! If you have your own link or suggestion, please add it to the comments, or email it to Tom or Mike. From Tom I received a forward of the First Things online survey of religion at America's colleges and universities. What do you think of online surveys? Below's the point of the survey First Things online survey. Question: Do you have any stories to share, like the one in the comments section, i.e., Seal of approval? Presence of Moses on KU symbol gives rise to burning … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Science, Religion, and Waffles Edition
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Future faculty must “Show me the money”?
In the last Week in Review, I highlighted The Faculty of the Future: Leaner, Meaner, More Innovative, Less Secure (Forum, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/10/2009). You may remember, I've asked a business professor to comment on the piece. The faculty member graciously offered some time while writing a grant proposal, wrapping up a paper to be sent out (the 6th one of the summer), grading the exams and papers from an international class, summarizing of Business School IT/New Media innovation projects, handling … [Read more...] about Future faculty must “Show me the money”?
Week in Review – Recession, Tenure, N. T. Wright, and More
In this week's Week in Review, new graduates dealing with the recession, some notable reviews of N.T. Wright's new book, Justification, a new website for Christian lawyers, some additional coverage of A. N. Wilson's conversion, and more! If you'd like to contribute to next week's Review, add your link(s) in the comments, or send them to Tom or Mike directly. Reminder: We start our ESN Book Club on Your Mind Matters next Tuesday, June 9. We'll start with the forewords and Chapter 1. If you haven't gotten your copy … [Read more...] about Week in Review – Recession, Tenure, N. T. Wright, and More
Week in Review
From Tom 'Angels & Demons' May Help Physicists Explain What Matters. Question: Do you agree with Mr. Izen? “Life presents just a couple of these opportunities when the public is paying attention, really paying attention to science, and in this case it's a movie which talks about antimatter and is set at CERN,” Mr. Izen says. The film is “a chance to tell our story.” A Marriage Made in History, a review of Eugene D. Genovese's Miss Betsey: A Memoir of Marriage (ISI Books) for the Chronicle of Higher … [Read more...] about Week in Review
Week in Review (Updated)
[Editor's note: This is a new weekly feature from your blog contributors. Each week, we'll be posting articles, books, news, etc., that Tom, Mike, and the ESN community have been pondering. If you have a book or article you'd like us to add to next week's Review, add it in the comments or send it to either Mike or Tom. Thanks!] The Harvard disadvantage - The Boston Globe takes a very personal look at students from poor backgrounds at Harvard and their struggles to fit in with the children of privilege. In the … [Read more...] about Week in Review (Updated)